winter olympics achieve? canada?- canada is the latest to protest against china's human rights record. with our people political issues at play -- but there are deeper political issues at play. this is "inside story." ♪ anchor: welcome to the program. i'm nick clark. sports and politics often mix whenever the olympic games are held. it will apparently be no different for the beijing winter games to begin in february. despite china's repeated denials of human rights violations and suppression of freedoms, particularly in xinjiang, and hong kong, chinese leadership is coming under scrutiny. the u.s. is joining others in a diplomatic boycotts of the games. athletes will still go to beijing, but government representatives will not be there for the opening and closing ceremonies, or to attend official functions. so far, other countries seem more reluctant to join in. france's president calls the boycott insignificant and pointless. >> i don't think we should politicize this to make very small and symbolic measures. either

, the summer olympics. and so they might be a little reticent to speak out on this in order to stay inside of the good graces of the international olympic committee. which, by the way, the international committee has said, from its inception the politics in sports don't mix. but that has been a fairy tale from day one. after all, the plucky french aristocrat, baron pierre, to cooper time, who assembled the 1st international imput committee, brought together a political power brokers and knew he, he understood they needed their support for the olympics to survive. skinner, ahead to 1936 when hitler used the olympics of the trampoline for his invasion of, of europe. think ahead to the cold war. we've already been talking about where the olympics were essentially a proxy battle zone for the united states and soviet union and all of their allies and satellites all the way till today, where it's obviously political. so the olympics are political through and through. and anybody who tells you otherwise is probabl

the olympic coward. both hands, meaning they make their living awesome, feel again. and in fact, since the united states has making a diplomatic boycott of beijing olympics, just further proof. in fact, you might think that this could be the death knell of that fable that the olympics are not political. they are definitely political through, through these other western nations following the us as lead. that's a really interesting question and how the keen to see what happens. it wouldn't surprise me of some close allies say the united kingdom decided to get on board with the boycott. but does upcoming days will be really interesting to see what other countries decide to jump on board or not? well, chinese state media is already threatening to boycott the summer games in los angeles, in 2028. could this escalate even further? it absolutely could. i mean, the verbal volleys have already begun here. in another statement from chinese authorities. they pointed out that the united states was making a mockery o

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they banned the south african olympic committee -- they banned the south african olympic committee from participating in the olympics for 30 years when it came to apartheid. yet, when it comes to china, when itdoms to the abuse -- when it comes to the abuses of the chinese communist party, we have a whole heck of a lot of silence. if we won't take a stand now, what will we take a stand for? i support my colleague, mr. mccaul, mr. meeks, ms. wexton in this important effort. i yield to mr. mccaul. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. the gentleman reserves. mr. mccaul: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. meeks: yes, mr. speaker, i proudly yield as much time as she shall consume, the sponsor of this bill, along with the co-sponsor, mr. waltz, as much time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from virginia is recognized. ms. wexton: thank you, chairman meeks, for bringing this bill to the floor and to speaker pelosi for her steadfast commitment for holding the p.r.c. acco

. merrill lynch ash olympic committee has responded to, in a statement. it said the presence of government officials and diplomats is a purely political decision for each government which the i o. c and its political neutrality. fully respect at the same time, this announcement also makes it clear that the olympic games and the participation of the athletes are beyond politics. and we welcome this which are now from united states by professor michael mccann founding director of the sports and entertainment law institute. thanks so much for being with us. how significant is this decision by the u. s. it was for diplomatic because of the wet beijing games or thank you for having me. it is significant because of the united states is tradition of using the olympics to make political expression. certainly in 1980, the expression was opposition to the den soviet union's invasion into afghanistan. but more recently, in 2014, the united states use this delegation to include diversity in terms of sexual orientation among its members to, to oppose that rushes polic

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olympics has always been in the crossfire of politics.w that over 20-30ears, at the end of the day what the ioc is focused on is making sure all the athletes can go to the games. the year ago they were talking about an athlete boycott. thankfully that has been dropped. >> men mars rulers are facing -- myanmar's political rulers are facing condemnation, the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said it was an affront to democracy and justice. it was called a violation of human rights. this is what the you in said. >> the trial was a sham trial controlled by military court. >> aung san suu kyi has been under house arrest since february. the trial took place in a small courtroom in a government building in the capital which was a military stronghold. these are stills from the trial. the sentence has been reduced to two years after partial pardon by the military, but she faces more charges. descendants could be just the beginning. reporter: the military government is trying to give an impression of lenicy by cutting the sentence, but as huma

which is, yeah, in effect, call an olympic truce.the subplots are. i'll also say this quickly. this is very treacherous terrain or at least tricky terrain for nbc. they have a small army of people there or will. and those who run the network have to be concerned with their safety and wellbeing. we have no idea what the chinese might do. it might begin with cutting the feed if they're displeased. it also could begin with making life difficult for anyone up and down the ladder of the nbc hierarchy. >> it just feels half-assed to be. either they're deserving of the boycotts and athletes don't go, or don't even play this card. you know i love having you here. make sure you vote at smerconish.com on this survaive question. okay. >> you know i live on the internet. >> reach out, continue to reach out via social media, and i'll report back as to what you're saying as the program progresses. >> ahead, controversy over, listen to this, bob, over a restaurant denying service to three people who sat down with weapons. that sounds reasonable. >>

and why the olympics?national strife might exist gets heaped on to the olympics. that doesn't seem fair to the athletes. thank you for watching. i'll be back here tomorrow night. "don lemon tonight" starts right now. hey, don. >> that is the most exposure i've had to social media in like two years. >> you probably are healthier as a result. >> i do. i cut my consumption of social media, and i'm happy. no knee jerk reactions to people's criticism. you take it very well. i just can't deal with it any more. because i get the trolls. >> we'll see what tomorrow night brings. >> can i talk to you about something? we were talking about foreign policy, because you were talking about china and ukraine. but i -- kitchen table stuff that we're going to cover in this show, and that is very happy about the price of gasoline for the car, home heating oil down, and unemployment. those are things that americans really care about in this moment, and for this holiday season. it appears that they are going in the right direc

they wanted this 2022 winter olympics. the 2nd lympics held in china to represent china's new found power and influence in the world. and it will certainly damage the country's credibility if a number of western countries do not attend. now, unless that we have spoken to say that if these countries do choose to follow suit and say that the officials will not attend the events, this will no doubt escalate. tensions between china in those countries, but it is unlikely to change china's behavior or china's policies. domestically so far we've only had one major world leader confirm that they will attend the games and that has in russia's, vladimir putin, katrina you there with the latest for us from beijing. thank you so much. katrina. while meanwhile, new zealand is also saying, it won't be attending china's winter olympics at that dramatic level, but says that decision mostly has to do with coven 19 and travel logistics. but the deputy prime minister also says there concerns about human rights still exists and have been rais

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steve messham of the us olympic committee there.esday — that celebrates the achievements of women from grassroots activists through to global leaders, and half of this year's list is dedicated to women from afghanistan. the bbc�*s yalda hakim has this special report. every year, the bbc names 100 inspiring and influential women as part of the bbc 100 women season. and this year, for the first time, 50 of these women are from one country — afghanistan. this year's season will recognise the stories of afghan women — the scope of their bravery and their achievements, after the taliban took control of the country earlier this year. over the next four days, bbc 100 women will also share the stories of women around the globe who are hitting reset and creating lasting change. 2021 has been a year when many women, especially those in afghanistan, have had to reinvent their lives. mahbouba seraj, women's rights activist and one of the women named on today's list, spoke to me in kabul. the trouble that afghanistan is in right now, apart from

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but our athletes didn't get olympic metals that year. and if we, when we get them this year, but is it more than just the metal that's thing 90? he mentioned there was movies made about that moment, that right there was more than just a hockey game. it was a diplomatic statement from the united states. and yes, i'm sorry, no russian tv. but i did leave on that point, is this not also said a better message? ted cruz came back and said, no, go over there. actually i want to go golden every single level. is that a better take that a better approach, right there? absolutely. could. jesse owens winning gold medals in front of adolf hitler. go take the gold and these athletes is hollan was saying they have a narrow window of opportunity and their athletic career a 2 year for year span of not competing in the that's your last olympics for many of these athletes. they do need our stuff. they need our money to buy their stuff. i'm still not sure why. we've got empty store sales for kellogg's cornflakes because we're not getting those from. so the

and 8 years around we've got another olympics in l. a, so it'll be interesting to see what happens from this. stay tuned, but one of the things that's actually really funny about all the scotty is that even if the diplomats were going to go and live or in this case may be forfeit their front row seats. beijing is not letting anybody go into the stadium except the chinese spectators who meet specific code requirements. so it's one of these things like i can invite you to, to dinner and say, hey, you guys have your cobra requirements, steve, you don't, but i never even invited you. why are you complaining? the last time you had to be in the home country to go. so what this comes down to is it's a tv show. and according to bloomberg, 10 of the top 12 olympic sponsors, including toyota, intel, coca cola, procter and gamble, they generate $110.00, b $1000000000.00 in revenue in china. so they got a lot of state n b. c slash peacock has stake 7700000000 on the rights for the olympia from 22 to 30. so it's a big tv show and how big the sponso

the olympic coward. both hands, meaning they make their living off the field again. and in fact, since the united states has making a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics just further proof. in fact, you might think that this could be the death knell of that fable that the olympics are not political. they are definitely political through and through. all new zealand also says it won't be attending china's winter olympics about the massive level, but says that decision has to do with covet 19 and travel logistics. but the deputy prime minister also says there concerns about human rights still exists and have been raised with beijing. we make very regular statements around our views, all human rights issues with respect to china and the prime minister's right size directly with prison and j, where we are already not attending at diplomatic level is and so it's a hypothetical from now moving on, unconcerned around a new conflict in ukraine all set to dominate talks between the u. s. and russian leader

the olympic couch with both hands, meaning they make their living off of the olympic games. and in fact, since the united states has making a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics just further proof. in fact, you might think that this could be the death now of that fable that the olympics are not political. ready they are definitely political through and through england wrinkled taste, we can take a james anderson is going to sit out the 1st ashes, 5th against australia. the match starts on wednesday at the gather in brisbin, england say, and the phone is full to play, but they want to manage his workload with 5 tests. coming up in 6 weeks, he said to return for the 2nd day night test in adelaide. 20 base that has also been left out of england 12 and scored. but ben stokes is said to return after taking a break to focus on these mental health issues and having one at the gap since $198687.00 series. jimmy is not going to play, but he is fit very long series when the guy led us to be available to play as much potters in it as possible. so i think it's just a bit precauti

the olympic couch with both hands, meaning they make their living off of the olympic gains. and in fact, since the united states has making a diplomatic boycott of their beijing olympics is just further proof. in fact, you might think that this could be the death knell of that fable that the olympics are not political. ready they are definitely political through through on the zealand also says it won't be attending china's winter olympics at that diplomatic level and says that decision mostly has to do with coven 19 and travel logistics. but still, the deputy prime minister says concerns about human rights still exist and had been raised with beijing. we might very regular statements around our views on human rights issues with respect to charter and the prime minister's race, those directly with prisoners g. i'm where we are already nor attending at diplomatic level as it were. and so it's a hypothetical from apple's we for now 3 political parties and germany had signed a coalition agreement paving the way for the formation of a new government. leaders of the social democr

the 2nd olympics that china is due to host. and this is really supposed to be a representative of china's new found political standing its influence in the world . it's role as a leader in the east. so this is no doubt going to hurt china's credibility. it's going to be embarrassing, especially if other countries do fuller suits. and in recent weeks we've had china's reputation when it comes to sports and human rights. certainly take a beating just last week. the women's tennis association announced that they would be suspending all tournaments in china as a result of the dealing of the handling of china's a china is handling of the case of punch. why the tennis star here now? she made allegations in early november, sexual assault allegations against a very high standing political figure here in china jungle lee. and since then, she has not been seen freely in public accept appearing in these are almost a kind of suspect. all of these, these videos put out by chinese social media. we haven't seen her speak freely, although she

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s. follows through with its threat to diplomatically boycott the beijing winter olympics. move the china warned would bring some counter measures. ah, i made room for again. this is al jazeera, alive from doha, also coming up. ethiopian government forces take 2 contested towns from to grow on rebels. who say they withdrawal is part of a bigger strategic plan. and it's national outcry after mammals ousted civilian leader is sentenced to what the u. s. and others are calling a sham trial. plus 0, $1.00 thing to be prime minister with the solomon islands, prime minister angrily accuses rivals of attempting a qu, after surviving a confidence vote of arrives. ah, sizing what it called human rights atrocities and genocide, the united states has announced a diplomatic boycott of china's winter olympics. it means that no american government officials will attend president joe biden said last month that he was considering the boycott, which won't affect you as athletes going to beijing. china's been warning of unspecified countermeasures, adding that the games are not a stage for p

with the olympics coming to the u. s. in 2028. there are now questions about how china may respond both in the short and long term. katya low priscilla young al jazeera, while more now on the asian reaction with katrina, you who's in the chinese capital. they have been repeating the same kind of sentiments over the past few weeks when these 1st rumors came out that the u. s. was mulling over this move. china has accused washington of political grandstanding, political, political, manipulation of distorting the spirit of the games. and we've had chinese states media similarly express the same sentiment saying that this is the us trying to contain china and reflect a cold war mentality. so this will no doubt escalate tensions just weeks after president jor biden. and present, she didn't think, sat down to a video colon at the time the business community world to mystic that the relationship was at least stabilizing. and now this is again, spiked concerns about what this might mean for the 2 countries trade between the 2 countries ex

it's always unfortunate when you know the olympics is, is politicized. but i do think that the trend in american china relations, despite the brief moment of call that seem to be expressed in the, in the video conference between general secretary, she and president biden, that that seems to have passed. and we're back to or more overtly hostile attitude . it's interesting, of course, that american athletes will still be competing. american corporations that sponsor the olympics and broadcast out on television, of course don't want to lose out on their revenues. so i think that there's a very interesting dichotomy here between this attitude on the part of the government and the broader position of, of the olympics. while a deeper dive into the arts, or indeed any of this, our stories can be find on our website to give it some of your schooling time today by for the the awe back breaking, toil. forced labor stress . industrial injury. corporal punishment. oh no. words with which we're all familiar are you certain that the world you live in abolish slavery

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with the olympics coming to the us in 2028. there are now questions about how china may respond both in the short and long term. katia lopez or the young al jazeera south africa as president. his again criticize sweeping travel bands and pays on his country because of the micron variant. and speaking at a security for him and cynical cyril represent also accuse western governments fading to deliver curve in 1900, right seems that they had promised to the african continent. a great number of schools students in south korea have tested positive over 900 since returning to class last month, nearly 1500 students tested positive and so alone last week as more than a 30 percent increase from the week before and a number of critically altering of our patients is hit record new york city will soon make over 19 vaccinations, compulsory for workers in the private sector. it is the most sweeping measure of any large states or large us city. from the middle of next week, children age between 5 and 11, will need at least one of those and th

follows throw with the threat to boycott the beijing winter olympics, a move that china warned would bring firm counter measures. hello, i'm adrian finnegan, live from doha. also coming up, ethiopian government forces take two contested towns from rebels who say their withdrawal is part of a bigger strategic plan. and it's international outcry after the leaders are calling a sham trial. plus, -- >> who ee on the other side of the house wting to be prime minister that's what it is! >> the solomon islands prime minister are -- is accusing his opponents of attempting a coup over riots. citing what it called human rights atrocities and genocide, the united states has announce add diplomatic boycott of china's winter olympics. it means that no american government initials attend. president joe biden said that he was considering the boycott which won't affect u.s. athletes going to beijing. china has been warning of unspecified counter measures adding that the games are not a stage for political posturing. [speaking foreign language] >> the winter olympics are held once every four years th

the united states announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics because of china's record on women's rights. china calls the boycott a pretentious act and insists it's against the spirit of the games. condemnation from across the world as the former elected leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, is given a prison sentence. and we talk to the hollywood legend mel brooks who, at 95, is looking back on his eventful life. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. it is 9am in singapore and 8pm in washington, where the white house has an out a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics in beijing. it says no official government delegation will be sent to the games because of concerns about china's human rights record. tanya dandino�*s reports. beijing 2022. as the snow settles olympic venues are taking shape, but the pinnacle of sport is no stranger to politics. the us has drawn a line, saying it won't contribute to the fanfare nor pretend it's business as usual in the face of china's egregious human rights record. the biden administration will not s

and it will have no influence on placing success in hosting the winter olympics. main concerns of a new conflict and ukraine could come to a head on tuesday with a virtual summit between the u. s. and russian leaders. joe biden is promising what his spokesman called enduring and meaningful costs. if the build up a russian troops, east of ukraine border results in an invasion, something his intelligence experts say could happen in just weeks is an opportunity for the president to underscore. of course us concerns with brush and military activities on the border with ukraine and re a form reaffirm the united states support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the crane. it's also an opportunity to discuss a range of topics in the us and russia relationship including strategic stability, cyber and regional issues. but you can certainly expect that the are concerns about the military activities on the border will be a prominent part of the discussion. that pushes denied that an invasion is planned, blaming nature for the need to position his military as a

the olympic couch with both hands, meaning they make their living off of the olympic games. and in fact, since the united states has making a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics just further proof. in fact, you might think that this could be the death knell of that fable that the olympics are not political. they are definitely political through and through at least 38 people have been killed in a fire burn these main prison dozens more injured in the early morning. fire report that emergency services didn't arrive on the scene until 2 hours after it started for these. and terry minutes to says it was caused by an electrical short circuit. we'll put more had here on the news our including will tell you why we're hanging refugees are sitting facebook parent company for $150000000.00. and the u. s. falls to redeem a controversial trump era immigration policy that makes migrant way to mexico, while the cases are heard. and in full says carry, i just place the to another and be a record. the details of the bright me now the world health organization says imposing mandatory

china calls the boycott "a pretentious act" and against the spirit of the olympics.ondemnation from across the world as the former elected leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, is given a prison sentence. as omicron continues to spread around the world — confirmation that the covid—19 variant is also being transmitted, within communities —— across the uk. and the bbc�*s 100 women list is being published — with half of this year's entries dedicated to women from afghanistan. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and 6 in the evening in washington dc — where the white house says us government officials won't attend next year's winter olympics in beijing because of china's human rights record. however, us athletes will be able to take part in the games and the white house said they had its support. well, china's embassy in washington reacted to the u.s. decision calling it "a pretentious act" and "political manipulation". in a statement they said that it's a grave distortion of the spirit of the olympic charter but it would have no impact whatsoever on the successful h

olympic team. you know, fast forward 14 years, and the ties between the world's two largest economies are much more strained right now, max. >> absolutely. ivan in hong kong, thank you. >>> earlier olympics sportscaster spoke with cnn about the international olympic committee's relation with china. it could be harmful for those who choose to speak out against beijing. >> we might have said in the past that it was questionable and it was discouraging or disappointing. the i.o.c.'s affinity for china and for other authoritarian regimes, i think it has now reached a point where it is disgraceful. but this is, this is tricky terrain now for nbc and for other americans. we don't know what sort of peril anybody might be in if they speak forthrightly. we know what happened when patrick mcenrow was a guest on cnn, began to address this and the feed went blank in china. houston rockets games were taken off, and china is a big market for the nba. houston rockets were taken off when their then gm tweeted some

with the olympics coming to the u. s. in 2028. there are now questions about how china may respond both in the short and long term. katya low priscilla young al jazeera while it's close to beijing, now we can speak to chris one that katrina you and katrina will be hearing from the foreign ministry gayden coming us. what do we expect? how that's right. they're expected to give a briefing sometime this afternoon, paging time, and really were expecting similar comments. they have been repeating the same kind of sentiments over the past few weeks when these 1st rumors came out that the u. s . was mulling over this move. china has acute washington, a political grandstanding, political, political, manipulation of distorting the spirit of the games. and we've had chinese states media similarly expressed the same sentiment, saying that this is the us trying to contain china and reflect a cold war mentality. so this will no doubt escalate tensions just weeks after president jor biden present. she didn't think sat down to a video colon at t

so there's literally no contact between the people who are inside of the olympics. so does the journalist there fleets, the volunteers, end of the, the rest of the population, m, i've had a look at the olympic venues. i mean, they are literally fences and different zones. so it's really impossible to have any physical contact with people in the other zone. however window, i am infectious to detect them very early. there will be, am daily testing. so every, every person inside the bubble has to undergo a p c r test every day, m. if someone test positive, then he or she has. so 1st goal in his or her room to isolate, then there will be a medical person to do another test. and if that test positive again, then the athlete will be and carry to our hospital and then has to current in there . and that's of cause for concern for many athletes because they don't really know how many weeks or possibly months they have to stay in, in a chinese hospital, a lot of precautions there by the sound of things. but what about vaccines? and most people in china at the center of akhil,

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of the us olympic and paralympic committee.s from calgary in canada. thank you for your time. i wonder what your initial responses to the decision taken by the white house. i decision taken by the white house. ~ , house. i think given everything that is going — house. i think given everything that is going on _ house. i think given everything that is going on in _ house. i think given everything that is going on in the - house. i think given everything that is going on in the world i that is going on in the world today, i think it is for best case scenarios, because from an athlete's point of view, it is athlete's point of view, it is a shame it comes to this. it is a shame it comes to this. it is a shame it comes to this. it is a shame we live in a world these other kinds of actions governments take against each other, but ultimately we are happy from an athlete's perspective that we will not have any interference. the chinese — have any interference. the chinese message - have any interference. the chinese message was - have

for instance, the upcoming beijing olympics. there's been a lot of activity about that and should it be boycotted to that the diplomatic boycotts? i'm going to ask you to take off your filter. joe. ha, honestly, a diplomatic voice call. what does that even mean? how helpful is that? what diplomatically caught means, that the country that announced diplomatic wake up will not send any officials to attend. i didn't really mean what does that mean? what does it mean to we is yes, and it's great to hear. it's very heartwarming to see that there are so far around 7 countries that had announced a diplomatic boycotts to day belgium. just l. so joined the list of, of my cutting at the all in pix boy cut a boy cutting olympics diplomatically. but we want to see concrete measures and we want to see that this, this boy, i can also send a message to athletes around the world as well. to be want to compete in countries that are committing genocide towards a group of people. and also i also hope that this diplomatically can send a message to

our top stories: the united states and as a diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics because of china �*s record on human rights. china calls a week and insists it is against the spirit of the games. new york's mess is all private—sector workers in the city must be vaccinated against coronavirus. the strictest mandate yet. also, more evidence is given in the trial of ghislaine maxwell, the trial of ghislaine maxwell, the woman of helping to the disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. and we talked to the hollywood legend mel brooks who, at 95, is taking stock of his extraordinary career. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the white house has delivered its well expected solo against china. it has announced a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics and prolific games in protest at the country by the human rights record. the move has been broadly welcomed across the political divide in the us although it does only apply to diplomatic and political figures, certainly not to athletes who have been given the white house seal of approval to take p

players represent the countries when they are allowed to in the olympics.he same for russia. players right across the men's ice hockey tournament. so the national hockey league pulling its star players out of the beijing games not only impacts the quality of play but it will also impact the amount of interest this tournament gets. first hand i can tell you here in north america the men's international tournament in the olympics where there is russia and germany in the final, you couldn't find a person that cared about that final here in north america. that is just the nature of the beast, isn't it? what about the players? do they feel robbed? how do they feel about it? they are massively disappointed. they entered into the agreement knowing that there was a chance the covid—19 would interrupt the season and that they may lose a chance to play in the olympics. but it is a huge disappointment. you have star players in the league who have not gotten the chance to represent their country in the olympics, star players like alex who is chasing wayne gretzky�*s al

they olympics are an expression of freedom, competition, and respect. and i think china's behavior does not represent any of those qualities . and instead they're carrying out to genocide, and we're actually allowing the world's highest profile event to be used to sports wash, genocide regimes, reputation. oh, i think the international olympic committee should be blamed for the situation actually, because they decided to allocate the winter games in gene, even though they knew that there's serious crimes are being committed by the chinese regime and students standing up for their own principals. the international olympic committee have chosen to keep their golden money on track. and i think in terms of the fact of the diplomatic breakout, it will be more efficient if more and more countries participates in those in those to try to quickly campaign. yeah. okay. yeah. several countries did already. i have so many new 2 questions for you guess? are you ready? all right, now we're going to do the the very far. so we can get as many in as possible. i'm going

chief, thomas back. olympic emperor, olympic officials, were just glad to get through the games without major cove. it outbreaks among competitors, max the step and was crown formula one champion after a filling season dominated by on track controversy. including his final at victory . the year came to a close of fears for the well being of tennis by a pong sky. after she appeared to accuse a former chinese vice premier of sexual assault only to retract the allegation 2021 has been another challenging year for sport. 2022 is expected to be no different. you're watching d. w news. just a reminder, the top story we're following for you today. people around the world have begun bringing in the new year. australia's largest city sydney was among the 1st to welcome 2022, drawing thousands of revelers to watch it's famous fireworks despite record numbers of covered 19 cases. you watching t w news from berlin up next. we've got business for you with rob watts. from me and all of us here at dw, thanks for watching. ah, we got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, magic corner chat.